03/21/2010

Home Project

While the lilac socks are my current portable project, I think of Aquitaine as a home project, because sweaters aren't as portable as socks, hats, and scarves. (By the way, if you are a knitter, and don't already have a Ravelry account, get one.) I'm one and a half balls of Fez into the project and have 8 more rows and one more set of decrease to go before I get the the waist section. With ten balls of yarn I should be in the clear. Because the sweater is lounge wear and has a lot of drape to it, I'm knitting in in the smallest size which is about 34' I believe. I'm still learning about negative ease but I have a good gut for sizing and I think this will be fine. From what I've seen on Ravelry this sweater has been falling off people because of the large boatneck, so the tighter the better.

The Fez (by Debbie Bliss) is knitting up very quickly on my size 10 needles. This is just the weekends work and I was fairly distracted today and yesterday so altogether it's not that many hours invest, maybe 5 or 6. I like the texture and the simplicity of the pattern.

I don't love the purls with the right twist cabling for the texture in the main body. The side cable looks nice and I'm wondering if I should have dropped the purls and had simple cables, but I trust the designer for now. This if my first time working with right twists and as it is a simple sweater with most of the attention drawn to the lace work in the yoke, it does seem best to keep the texture subtle. Blocking should reduce the bumps.

(I'm procrastinating calling it a night because then tomorrow will come and Monday will have started. Blah.)